The event will start with a 400m swimin Studley Royal Lake, a 10km bike ride through the medieval deer park before finishing with a 2.5km run through the water gardens and ruins of Fountains Abbey.
From here, either enjoy aswiminLake Galilee (from one of the many pebbled beaches or pay to use the facilities of Kibbutz Ginosar, 2km east around the lake).
After a late-afternoon swiminLake Maracaibo to cool off from the sweltering heat, we got our first glimpse of towering clouds amid the glow of the setting sun.